Earthborn Elements Potassium Bicarbonate (2.5 lb), Mess-Free Tub, Pure & Undiluted

Add a tablespoon of this to 2 gallons of water. To lengthen the duration the mixture will stay on the plants, add a bit of Neem oil and an equal amount of Castile soap and reapply every two-three weeks during the season when mold spores are spreading. Reapply in January on the soil around susceptible plants.

I keep an extra jar of potassium bicarbonate for several reasons. Don't be surprised that the jar feels denser than would a similar volume of salt.First-World members hardly ever consume enough potassium while consuming excess sodium. While we all should be eating more fruits and vegetables, some potassium supplementation, even multiple grams per day is a good idea.For reference, even with this supplement AND avoidance of salt intake, my blood tests show both sodium and chloride at their upper limits but potassium significantly lower (3.9 mg against a maximum of 5 mg).Potassium bicarbonate dissolves easily in any liquid. Easy-to-remember doses of 1 cc, 1 gram, or 1/4 teaspoon are all reasonable.If you have ever been diagnosed with hypertension, it is important to control sodium intake but as important to balance sodium with potassium.Most people can tolerate and benefit from replacing 25% of their table and cooking salt with potassium chloride. Some have genes to taste potassium chloride somewhat metallic in food. That is why we consider potassium bicarbonate.Chloride ion itself increases blood pressure while bicarbonate ion does not. Rather, it compensates for acids that we produce naturally.The FDA recommends against consuming too much potassium in a single dose but much of that concern comes from pills being a stomach irritant. That is not true when a potassium salt is dissolved in a liquid.Plain water is usually sufficient to drink during exercise BUT if one chooses to consume an electrolyte solution, plan to balance sodium with potassium and magnesium.

I am using this as a preworkout. Sodium bicarbonate has been used by many as a preworkout by some for a long time. then I read about using this instead. With the Sodium Bicarb I had to use more than I use with this -- and of course the taste of that is awful...so I rarely used it. Sodium Bicarb produces what can only be described as explosive diarrhea if you take enough to have an effect. with Potassium Bicarb, you might get a mild diarrhea -- but it can more easily be adjusted to be effective for preworkout, without the nasty effect. It takes effect as a preworkout within just a couple of minutes, and I believe I lift more effectively with it. I recommend it as a preworkout.

This product has larger size crystals of potassium bicarbonate than from the three other companies that I have purchased from via Amazon.

To increase the effectiveness use 2 TBSP neem oil, 2 TBSP KHCO3, and 1 TSP dawn per 2 gallons water in a Chapin sprayer. Apply only after sundown as this can cause leaf scald but will prevent and halt any powdery mildew spread as well as treating small sucking insects like aphids. Spray both sides of the leaves weekly.